Maker Community

Awards & Competitions Design Guild Mark 2021

The Design Guild Mark is an award for excellence in British design.

Closing date: 22 Jan 2021

Exhibit & Sell Selvedge World Fair 2021: Applications Now Open

Selvedge are now looking for artisans to take part in the Selvedge World Fair 2021.

Conferences & Maker Training One Year Foundation Course in Jewellery and Metal Design

Building on traditional silversmithing and design work, this one-year course will allow you to further develop your jewellery design practice.

Funding Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards (VACMA) open for applications

Applications are now open for bursaries of up to £750 of National Lottery funding, through Creative Scotland’s Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards (VACMA) programme.

Closing date: 2 Feb 2021

Conferences & Maker Training V&A Dundee: Work in Progress

Free online tutorials for early-career creatives and final year students.

Funding Communities Recovery Fund

The Communities Recovery Fund aims to support charities, community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations through the shift from lockdown to recovery.

Funding Adapt & Thrive Programme

Adapt and Thrive aims to support organisations across the third sector to adapt to the challenges presented by COVID-19 and build back better to thrive in the future.

Closing date: 31 Mar 2021

Funding Open Fund: Sustaining Creative Development

This fund provides support for individuals and organisations to sustain their creative development in the coming months.

Studio & Workshop Spaces Bench Rental at Vanilla Ink

Vanilla Ink give practicing jewellers individual studios and communal studios/workshop with access to tools, equipment, knowledge and a community.

Funding Black Artists Grant

The Black Artists Grant is £1,500 given out monthly to black artists and makers in the UK, with each artist selected receiving £500 each.

Funding Grants for families financially affected by Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Grants to help parents and carers who have worked in the UK fashion or textile industry and whose household income has reduced as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.